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UNITED STATES Patented. May 3, 1904.

SMITH HANSON, LAMBERTON, MINNESOTA.

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SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,645, dated May 3,1904.

Application filed .Tuly 28,1903. Serial No. 167,258. (No model.)

To all whom it m/a/y concern;

- Be it known that I, SMITH HANsoN, a citizen of-the United States,and aresident of Lamberton, in the county of Redwood and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Building-Sections,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in building-sections,andparticularly to a wooden I building-section. V

It has for its object to provide a buildingsection having a flangearranged to overlap the joint between it and an adjoining section, so asto hold the sections in their proper relation to each other and toeffectively seal said joint against the weather.

It has for a further object to provide a building-section of thecharacter set forth which will possess advantages in point ofconvenience, Simplicity, inexpensiveness, and' general utility.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an intermediatebuilding-section, the strips being removed. Fig. 2 is a bottom planview, the strips being inserted. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view ofV anumber of sections in place, the strips being inserted. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of a modificatiomshowing an end building-section, thestrips being inserted. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modification,showing a continuous groove in the under surface of an endbuilding-section, the strips being removed.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same referencecharacters.

Referring to .the drawings, veach intermediate building-sectioncomprises a body portion 1, having a beveled side 2 and a groove 3 inits under surface extending along one side adjacent the edge, in which astrip et is adaptedb to be seated, said strip when so seated overlappingthe joint between it and the adjoining section and effectively sealingsaid joint against the weather.

Referring to the modification Fig. 4, which shows an endbuilding-section, the body por-v and grooves 8 and 9 in its undersurface extending along one side and its end adjacent the edge thereof,in which strips 10 and 11 are adapted to be seated.

Referring to the modification Fig. 5, the only difference between it andthat of Fig.V 4 is that instead of having two intersecting 'grooves inits under surface one continuous groove 12 is provided, in which stripsare adapted to be seated.

Each building-section is secured to the adjoining section below by meansof nails or spikes 13, driven through the upper section into said lowersection, and the alternate sections are made of less width, soV as toprovide recesses on the interior of the wall for tying plaster directlythereto or for Securing laths thereto to receive the plaster. Theoverlapping strips may be secured in the grooves in the under surface ofthe building-sections by glue, nails, or any other suitable means.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the details ofconstruction and arrangement as hereindescribed and illustrated, as itis manifest that variations and modifications may be made in thefeatures of construction and arrangement in the adaptation of the deviceto various conditions of use without departing from the spirit and scopeof my invention and improvements. I therefore reserve the right to allsuch variation and modification as properly fall within the scope of myinvention and the terms of the following claims. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. A building-section comprising a body portion having agroove cut in its under surface adjacent the edge of the outer end, anda strip one edge seated in said groove and the other edge free andprojecting over the joint With an adjacent section and bearing againstthe outer end of said adjacent section, substantially as described.

2. Abuilding-section comprisingabody portion, the outer end beveled andthe under surface having an oblique Vgroove cut therein adjacent theedge of the outer end, and a strip, one edge seated in said groove andthe other edge free and projecting over the joint with an adjacentsection and bearing against the outer beveled end of said adjoiningsection, substantially as described.

3. A building-section comprising a body portion having a groove cut inits under surface adjacent the edge of the outer end and beyond the edgeof an adjacent section, and a strip one edge seated in said groove andthe other edge free and projecting over the joint With the adjacentsection and bearing against the outer end thereof, substantially asdescribed.

4. A building-section comprising a body portion having a groove cut inits under surface adjacent the edge of the outer end, means passingthrough one of said sections and into an adjacent section for Securingthem together, and a strip one edge seated in said groove and the otheredge free and projeoting over the joint With the adjacent section andbearing against the outer end of said adjacent section,

substantially as described.

5. A building-section comprising a body por- 1 and projecting over thejoint With the adjacent section and bearing against the outer surfacethereof, substantially as described.

In testimony Whereof I have signed my name in the presence of thesubscribing Witnesses.

SMITH HANSON. XVitnesses:

FRANK CLAGUE, STELLA CLAGUE.

